BITS

PUB. DATE

May 2003

SOURCE

Wireless Week;5/15/2003, Vol. 9 Issue 11, p16

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents news briefs on the wireless industry in the U.S. as of May 2003. Value of the agreement between T-Mobile USA and Nortel Networks; Deployment of the Bytemobile Optimization Service Node software by U.S. Cellular; Agreement between NEC America and SpectraLink Corp.

ACCESSION #

9835559

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